peycke



A. -H. PEYCKE.

BRAKE ARRANGEMEM.

y APPLICATION FILED APR. 22. |918.

Patented Dec. 2,1919.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2` MLM@ LM f A I 5 UNITED PATENT OFFICE.

ARMAND H. PEYCKE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN STEEL .FOUNDRIES, OF CHICAGOl ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

/" BRAKE ARRANGEMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 2, 1919.

Application filed April 22, 1918. 'Serial N0. 229,930.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it lknown that I, Annaxn ll. Iiarckc, a citizen of the United States. and resident of Chicago. in the county of Cook and State e of Illinois, have invented certain -new and useful Improvements in Brake Arrangements. of which the following is a specification.

This inventionrelat-es to a brake arrange |nent.

One of theobjects of this invention is to simplify clasp brake rigging ot' particular value for -freight cars..

Another object is to reduce the number of parts of clasp brake rigging to a minimum and improve the cooperative association of the elements.comprising the rig,- ging.

Another object is to provide a .simple compact. and durable clasp brake rigging.

adapted to' meet the requirements for success-ful'commercial operation.

These and other-.objects are. accomplishd b v means ot' the brake mechanism disclosed on. the :ucompanyi-ng sheets ot' drawings.

in 'w hich.

Figurel 1 is a fragmentary-side elevation ofrailway car truck embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary plan view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary side, elevation on an enlarged scale. ol' the brake lever and supporting arrangement. and

Fig. 4 is a'n end elevation ot the arrangement shownin Fig, 3.

The various novel features otl my inpention will be apparent Jrom the following description and drawings and will be par- 40 ticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In my present invention I have reduced the number of parts of clasp brake rigging to a minimum, thereby greatly reducing the Weight and cost and at the, same time I have provided a rugged construction"amply able to comply with service conditions.

By referring to the figures of the drawings, it will be noted that I have shown my invention in connection with i railway car truck including a side. frame 10. which is supported by wheels 11. Brake slices 12 carried by brake heads 13. arranged on opposite sides ot each wheel are adapted to cooperate with the lnal\'il1g"surface of the as- 66 sociated wheels 11. Iivotally connected to .each of the brake heads is a combined brake lever and hanger 14, the pivotal connection .between the brake lever and head, taking the tor-1n of a rod 15, which extends between brake heads o-n opposite sides ot' the truck. These rods 15 dispense with the use of brake'beams and in addition form the spacing means between the brake heads. 'hen` the brakes are applied the rods 15 are in shear at the point of pivotal connection between the brake levers and brake heads and as a whole are i-n tension. Pivotally connected to the brake levers or extending longitudinally therebetween are'intei-mediate pull rods 1G, which are maintained and supported in a horizontab-position by hangers 17 secured to brackets carried h v the side frame.

T he intermediate brake levers 14 are connected by a top pull rod 1S. -The lever 11 at the head end of the truck is pivotallv -connected to and supported by` a bracket-1S) In each ease secured to the side trame 1 0. the pull rods 16 are located between the. wheels 11 and the side trame 10. the rods le. being in alincment with the other pull rods 1G. Accordingly. therefore. the .levers 14 are offset or bent intermediate their ends` as shown particularly in Fig. '4, whereby the brake heads may be located in alinement with the braking surface of the wheels 11. The brake lever 14 at the live end of the truck extend;` vertically through a longitudinally eriending slot 20 in a bracket 21. secured to the side frame. B v means of this arrangement. the brake levers are maintained in proper longitudinal alinement and at the same. time permitted the necessarvy movement incident to braking and releasing actions. Pivotallv connected to the upper end of the live brake lever 1-L is a member forming one part otl a .swivel connection including a member 23', which in turn is connected to an equalizer bar 2l. This swivel connection permits the necessary freedom of movement in a plurality of directions. Release springs 25,' secured to the brackets hereinabove mentioned engage the brake levers for vghjing the brake levers a releasing movenl ent. when b1 aking pressure is discontinued. The equipment on both sides ot the truck are thesame and cooperate with each other in their common functions.

The bracket, 21 acts as support for the entire brake rigging at the live lever end through hanger 17. It also acts as a guide for the hanger lever 14, allowing no transverse movementof the latter, at the same time allowing longitudinal movement of the hanger lever. -It also acts as a partial support for the swivel 22 and 23, and also acts as an anchor for the release spring. In this 'articular case the brackets at the dead and live endsvare all riveted on the frame, but it' desired same may be formed integral)v therewith.

By means of this simple, compact and durable construction many parts heretofore 'used in clasp brake'rigging, are eliminated, thereby reducing the weight and cost.

It. is m intention to cover all modifications of t ie arrangement shown which falls w-ithin `the spirit and scope of the following claims.

`I claiin:

1. In bxakemechanism, the combination ofbrake levers on opposite sides of a wheel,v

i and a single pull rod connectingr said levers and being located between the wheel and side frame and below thetop of the latter.

2. In brake mechanism, the combinatimn of a brake lever, and an o'ierating'rod connected to said lever and loing located between'the wheel and side frame and below the top of the latter.

3. In brake mechanisnnf'the combination of brake levers on opposite sides ot' a wheel. brake shoes carried by said levers. and a sin lfle ull rod located between the wheel an -si e frame'and below the top 0l' ,the latter for connecting said levers.

levers' in alinement with its correspomling wheel, and a rod extending Abetween the levers for spacing the same transversely with respect to the ear.

-n bllkc mecln'misni. the combination of a bracket, a hangen lever engaging said bracket and guided tl|er,eb a pull rod connected to said hanger lever, and a hanger supported by said bracket/nml connected to said pull rod for sui'iporting the laucr.

7. In brake mechanism. the conminaton ol` a bracket. a. hanger lever engaging vsaid bracket and guided tlnfrclrv. a pull rod 'co'nnccted to said hanger lever. a hanger supported b v said bracket and connected to said pull -rod for supportiner the latter. and a swivel connecting member conncclcd to said hanger lever and supported b v said bracket.

Signed at Chicago. lll'inoisjthis Ilth day oll April. 1918. v 

